Sweyn Holm
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Note: There is also a "Sweyn Holm" off St Ninian's Isle, Shetland
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Ruin on Sweyn Holm | |
Location | |
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OS grid reference | HY455227 |
Coordinates | 59.09°N 2.95°W / 59.09; -2.95 |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Orkney |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Orkney Islands |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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Sweyn Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay.
It is thought to be named for Sweyn Asleifsson (Sveinn),[1] who was connected with Gairsay or possibly a corruption of "servant's island" in Norse.